12. October, 2002 - don't fuck with the mouse
- Working for The Mouse is a play about one man's experiences working at Disneyland. The Story of how the show's poster came to be is pretty amusing, too. Y'know the copyright on the mouse was set to expire in 2003? Well, this time around. [boing boing]
- Supreme Court considers protection for Mickey Mouse, Casablanca, other classics. The suit is Eldred v. Ashcroft, and aruguments were heard October 9th. A decision probably won't come until sometime next year. Mr. Swartz Goes to Washington gives a first hand account of the arguments.
- Webcasting: It's a deal!. Apparently the RIAA and Congress have decided not to shut down all webcasters and have come up with a new fee schedule that looks like it might actually make sense for everyone involved. The only snag is that it doesn't give artists any money, but what did you expect from the record companies anyhow? [doc]
- Toilet Paper Novels Hit Stalls. I can think of a few books that should be printed on TP....
- Trial and Eror has a good possible way to frame the Digital Rights Management debate that's going on. Send your lawmaker a book that you've glued shut because you've read it. That's exactly what proposals by the RIAA et al and laws that are before Congress are trying to do to digital media. [doc]
- John Robb talks about Trust-based Advertising and some of it makes sense. But unless such advertising is drawing thousands of interested customers, it's impossible to get paid for it. And there's where I'd like to see a real breakthrough. I occassionally write about a product that I really like or hate. But it would mean hundreds of people looking at my comments (rather than thousands) -- I got about 900 reads on the page griping about the Logitech camera -- and only a few actually making a buying decision based on my comments (I also tend to get more traffic on the negative reviews). It'd be great to get a few bucks for each purchase, but how to collect when it's not even worth signing a deal for less than a hundred bucks in expected return?
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Last updated on Sat, 12 Oct 2002 01:32:34.